"Touch(ed)" is a new, darkly comedic and dramatic play, the third play written by Bess Wohl and her first performed by the Pioneer Theatre Company. The story revolves around two sisters, one of whom has spent years in a mental health institution after multiple suicide attempts. Retreating to a secluded cabin in the woods to get reacquainted, the other sister and her boyfriend attempt to comfort and support the mentally unstable sister through her healing process.

The Utah Museum of Fine Arts will host a public talk tonight titled "Historic Tribal Art and Cultural Continuity: Persistence of Belief and Ritual," by visiting artist and educator Arthur Amiotte at 7 p.m. in UMFA's Dumke Auditorium.

During this past year's Sundance Film Festival, no film shocked the mountain west audience as much as "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire."

After already making it big once, Kenneth Vasoli started anew with hopes of making it big a second time. Person L's second full-length album, The Positives, further distinguishes the band from Vasoli's former band, The Starting Line. Unfortunately, it does little to distinguish them from everyone else.

When Annie Boyer doesn't know how to start a painting, she tries to get a color she likes on the canvas so she can figure out the rest later. She credits this carefree approach with helping her quell a "fear of the blank canvas" and allowing her to break away from a tight and controlled style that she found restricting. Wet paint does the rest.

Students in the ballet department are working like elves, busily preparing their Christmas present for the U. This weekend, Ballet Ensemble will showcase four choreographic works8212;three new pieces and one dating from the late 19th century8212;in the Hayes-Christensen Theatre at the Marriott Center for Dance.

"Time and the Conways," written by British novelist and playwright J.B. Priestley, tells the story of a seemingly contented family with high aspirations for the future.

After years of hard work and putting so much time into a project, it can certainly be rewarding to see the finished product. This Friday is the time when students who are enrolled in, or have recently completed their master's degrees in film production get to show off their finished work.

The department of modern dance is providing the perfect opportunity to stray from the ordinary with its graduate concert "The Odds." Through dance, choreographers Nancy Carter, Erin Empey, Juliana Hane, I-Fen Lin, and Shannon Vance beckon the audience to travel with them into fantastical new worlds and deep into the psyche to discover what lies in their artistic ventures.

Wrought with the familiar themes of love and religion that made his debut album a critical success, Joshua James' follow-up, Build Me This, shows he's more unrestrained than ever.